Description
Developed as the geometric mean between the stereographic and the Lambert azimuthal equal-area projections in order to balance the errors between conformal and equal-area presentations.
Classifications
azimuthal
Graticule
Meridians: Straight lines radiating from centered pole, infinite in extent on a full world map.
Parallels: Circles spaced as a geometric progression.
Poles: Center pole is a point; opposite pole is infinitely distant.
Distortion
Low and balanced toward the center of the map, but increases rapidly beyond a hemisphere.
Similar projections
Stereographic also has rapidly increasing spacing of parallels beyond a hemisphere, and is infinite in extent. Stereographic is conformal.
Origin
By Arthur Breusing, 1880s.